02 Jun Radioactive waste - see our controls
Come to the Open House at Danish Decommissioning and learn about our unique environmental mission at Risø: Friday 13 June at 15-18.
What's happening in Danish Decommissioning?
23 May The mammoth has lifted the ton-heavy reactor plug for DD
Success: the massive metal plug that closed Denmark's biggest research reactor DR3 has been pulled open and replaced with a lid. Due to heavy radiation down from the reactor tank, the historic operation has been planned in detail over the past years. DD praises the cooperation with Mammoet and Bladt Industries.
May 19th Risø fuel production cleaned up
DD is well advanced in the clean-up and release of the facility where Risø produced fuel for the experimental reactors. Come on a tour of the building and read about the task of removing radioactive contamination from floors, walls and drains.
May 2nd Heavyweights lift Risø's reactor plug
They have raised the kursk nuclear submarine from the bottom of the arctic ocean and erected an overturned 80-ton crane at the Lindø shipyard after the 1999 hurricane. Now Dutch Mammoet with its muscle cranes must pull up a giant metal plug from Risø's largest research reactor.
Mar 20 DDannual report for 2013
The Annual Report reports on DD's activities in 2013 and reports on the results achieved against the performance contract.
Jan 08 DD 's special waste is intermediate
Danish Decommissioning is dismantling experimental reactors and other nuclear installations on Risø. Part of our task is to deal with radioactive waste, and a small part of the total is "special waste".
Jan 6th DD wish happy New Year
In 2013, DD an important step forward towards removing and packing the inner parts of Denmark's largest research reactor DR3. We plan to lift the 22-ton steel plug at the reactor tank in spring 2014.
03 Jul Authorization for decision-making on intermediate storage
Danish Decommissioning has been granted DKK 1.1 million to prepare a decision-making basis for the Danish Parliament regarding the establishment of a Danish interim storage facility for low- and intermediate-level waste. This will be done in cooperation with GEUS and the Danish Radiation Protection Institute (SIS).
June 14th Follow the dismantling of the largest research reactor
Follow the work to break down Denmark's largest research reactor DR3 from the former Risø Research Centre. Our task is to decontaminate the former experimental area on the Risø peninsula into a "green field" - i.e. to remove radioactivity and chemicals so that the area can be used without restrictions in the future. The DR3 reactor is one of the projects.
Mar 05 Difficult cutting operation in DR3
Danish Decommissioning had teamed up with Jan Sjöholm from 'Extrem Borr & Sågteknik AB' in Sweden, when the bearing holes from the top shelf in DR3 had to be removed.